Mosses and Hepatics. — The Yorkshire Bryological Committee will be 
officially represented. 
Mr. W. Ingham writes : — On 22nd May, 1899, I found the following mosses 
on the roadside to Lastingham, Dicliodontiuni pelluctdum^ in abundant fruit. 
At Hutton-le-Hole, Barbula rubella, B. fallax, var. brevifolia, B. rigidula^ 
B. unguiculata, Bryu?n pallens, and Hypnum palusire. On the side of Kirkdale 
Cave Quarry, Dicranella ruftscens, Flagiothecium depressti?n, Atnblystegium 
Kockii^ Eurhynchiutn praelongtim var. rigidum, E. myosuroides var. cavernarum^ 
E. viuraU var. julaceum. The only Hepatic then seen was Marchantia poly- 
motpha at Hutton-le-hole. The best ground for mosses is the quarry around 
Kirkdale Cave. If not too far, Beck Dale, Helmsley, is very rich in rare and 
interesting Mosses and Hepatics, as in Flowering Plants. 
Fungi. — The Yorkshire Mycological Committee will be officially represented!. 
Mr. C. Crossland will be happy to name any species sent to him. 
VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY.— The Vertebrate Section will be oflficiaUy 
represented. 
Bird*. — Mr. H. Slater writes The Pied Flycatcher is common in all the dales. 
The Wood Warbler, generally abundant in the dale woods, is decidedly scarce this 
year Its plaintive call may still be heard. 
A Lesser Spotted Woodpecker successfully reared a brood at Helmsley this 
Summer. The Redstart is still here — the hens and young. The males seem to have 
left the woods, if not the district. 
CONCHOLOGY— The Conchological Section will be officially represented by 
Mr. W. Denison Roebuck. 
ENTOMOLOGY.— The Entomological Section will be officially represented by 
its president, Mr. M. L. Thompson. 
Hymenoptera. — The Rev. T. A. Marshall, M.A. who was one of our best 
authorities on Ichneumo?iid(T, was for some months Curate of Lastingham, where 
he collected numerous species of this group, which are all recorded in Mr. W. Denison 
Roebuck's papers on Yorkshire Hymenoptera (Trans. Y. N. U. 1878-1883, and 
Victoria County History of Yorkshire 1907). 
Coleoptera. — The Yorkshire Coleoptera Committee will be officially repre- 
tfenred. 
Mr. E. G. Bayford writes : — On a former visit (see "The Naturalist" for 1893, 
p. 319) the coleopterisls present made but a meagre list of some thirty odd species. 
Amongst these were Ocypus inorio Grav ; Philonthus airatus, GxdiV., Dianous 
caerulescens. Gyll., Silpha atrata, L., Adalia obliterata, L., Chrysomela varians^ 
Schall. These species are all more or less local in their distribution, and so 
deserving of special mention. Indeed Philonthus atratus is an addition to the 
Yorkshire List, as the above record was, by an unfortunate oversight, omitted when 
the list was published in 1907 ; and so far as I know the species has not been 
recorded fr;)ni any other locality in the country. 
The district is a very rich one in many ways, and there is no reason why the 
list of species known to occur in it should not be very materially increased on the 
present occasion. 
ARACHNOLOGY.— 
Mr. Falconer writes : — Not a single record exists for the district which is but 
one of many in Yorkshire which as yet has not been worked for its spiders. 
The season is not considered a good one, but, with heather-clad moors and wooded 
dales available, some interesting discoveries ought to be made. 
PROGRAMME OF MEETINGS:— 
5-D p.m. — Tea, 1/6 per head '\ 
5-45 p.m. — Sectional Meetings > at the White Horse Hotel. 
5-50 p.m. — General Meeting ) 
TRAINS LEAVE KIRKBY MOORSIDE FOR York, Malton, Thirsk, 
etc., at 5-56; Pickering, Scarborough, etc., at 6-52. 
In order that an early account of the excursion may appear in the " Naturalist,'* 
notes and reports should be forwarded before August 12th to the Secretary of the i 
V.N.U., the Museum, Hull. 
